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Atharva Veda 4.18.8: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 8

Sukta 18

अ॒प॒मृज्य॑ यातु॒धाना॒नप॒ सर्वा॑ अरा॒य्यः । अपा॑मार्ग॒ त्वया॑ व॒यं सर्वं॒ तदप॒ मृज्महे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.18.8

apamṛ́jya yātudhā́nān ápa sárvā arā́yyaḥ | apāmārga tváyā vayáṃ sárvaṃ tád ápa mṛ́jmahe ||

Wiping away the sorcerers, away (go) all malignities. O Apāmārga, by thee we wipe away all that entire (brood).

En effaçant les Yātudhānas, les sorciers, loin (s’en vont) toutes les malveillances. Ô Apāmārga, par toi nous effaçons tout cela entièrement.

अपमृज्यhaving wiped/cleansed away
अपमृज्य:
(क्रियाविशेषण) मुख्यक्रियायाः पूर्वकर्म
TypeVerb
Rootअप-मृज् (धातु √मृज् ‘मार्जने/शोधने’)
यातुधानान्the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
यातुधानान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, off
अप:
(क्रियाविशेषण) अपसारणद्योतक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
कर्तृ (अरा॒य्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा समुच्चय-निर्देश
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (सर्व-शब्द)
अरा॒य्यःhostile powers/evils, enemies
अरा॒य्यः:
कर्तृ (अप-इत्यर्थे ‘अप (गच्छन्तु)’—अपसारणे लक्ष्याः) / अपसार्य-वस्तु
TypeNoun
Rootअराय्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अराति/अरि’ से दुष्ट/शत्रु-सम्बद्ध)
अपामार्गO Apāmārga (the herb ‘prickly chaff flower’)
अपामार्ग:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/वनस्पति-नाम)
त्वयाby you / with you
त्वया:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all, the whole
सर्वम्:
कर्म (तद् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (सर्व-शब्द)
तत्that (evil/affliction)
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway
अप:
(क्रियाविशेषण) अपसारणद्योतक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
मृज्महेwe wipe/cleanse (away)
मृज्महे:
मुख्यक्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमृज् (धातु √मृज् ‘मार्जने/शोधने’)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga (plant-deity) as remover of yātudhāna/arāti

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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